In this 31st episode of Colors of Web3 and Entrepreneurship, Lam is joined by Akash Gupta, Head of Consumer Products at Ava Labs. Akash shares his fascinating career journey, from his early days as an engineer to his experiences at tech giants like Meta and Uber. He then dives into the world of Avalanche subnets, explaining how these customizable blockchains are revolutionizing the Web3 landscape.

Akash breaks down the technical aspects of Avalanche's multi-chain, multi-asset architecture and discusses the challenges and opportunities in driving mass adoption of Web3 technologies. He also shares insights into Avalabs' suite of products, including Core, a unified command center for Avalanche dApps, and Avax Learn, an educational platform for blockchain fundamentals.

Join us for an insightful conversation on the future of Web3 and learn how Avalabs is redefining the way people create value in the decentralized world.

⌛ Timestamps

00:00:00 Episode trailer

00:00:25 Akash's quick intro

00:01:52 Akash's background and career journey

00:10:53 Deep dive into Ava Labs and Avalanche

00:14:57 Avalanche subnets explained

00:17:10 How to launch subnets and use cases

00:22:19 Customizing blockchains on Avalanche

00:23:48 KYC on permissioned blockchains and the hybrid approach

00:29:13 Core: Avalanche's all-in-one command center

00:31:18 Owl Explains: Educational platform for blockchain

00:34:10 Day in the life as Head of Consumer Products at Ava Labs

00:38:45 Challenges facing Ava Labs team

00:41:26 Akash's take on how to onboard 1 billion users into Web3

00:45:47 Where to follow Akash

00:46:20 Episode outro and next episode's preview

Follow Akash and his company:

His Twitter: https://x.com/akash90gupta

His company's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalabsofficial/

His company's website: https://www.avalabs.org/

My social media:

Twitter/X: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/LamWeb3⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamweb3/⁠

Website: ⁠https://lamtrinh.xyz⁠

My latest article: https://lamweb3.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-decentralized-science

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